billow

1. V-I When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind. 在風(fēng)中鼓脹著飄動(dòng)

The curtains billowed in the breeze. 窗簾在微風(fēng)中鼓脹著飄動(dòng)。

Her pink dress billowed out around her. 她粉紅色的連衣裙隨身飄了起來(lái)。

2. V-I When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upward or across the sky. (煙、云等) 升騰

...thick plumes of smoke billowing from factory chimneys. …從工廠煙囪里冒出來(lái)的滾滾濃煙。

Steam billowed out from under the hood. 蒸汽從機(jī)罩下冒了出來(lái)。

3. N-COUNT A billow of smoke or dust is a large mass of it rising slowly into the air. 緩緩升起的大團(tuán) (煙、灰塵)

...smoke stacks belching billows of almost solid black smoke. …噴吐著滾滾黑色濃煙的大煙囪。